readease Chapter 617 Brainwashing and Corruption
Chapter 617 Brainwashing and Corruption
"Hahaha! Too weak! Utterly pathetic!" Kabuto was quite satisfied with the outcome. "Alright, we don't have time to waste with these insignificant characters anymore. Let's go, Mecha Naruto! Continuing with the plan, let's capture Kurama!"
He turned around, preparing to move in another direction with the mechanical Naruto.
Then he suddenly jumped back a step, which startled him.
A woman stood not far away, quietly watching them.
When did he appear? He hadn't sensed any approaching presence at all—no chakra fluctuations, no footsteps, not even a perceptible change in the airflow. Who on earth is this guy?
No, he had a basic grasp of Konoha's ninja intelligence, and there was no corresponding file for the face in front of him in his memory bank.
Uchiha Satsuki stood less than ten steps away from the mechanical Naruto. The smoke of battle swirled before her, and the flames of explosions flickered deep within her black pupils, but the expression on her face was completely out of place in this chaotic battlefield.
Her entire attention was focused on the Naruto-themed robot in front of her.
...So cute.
That was the first thought that came to her mind: a blond robot, moving haltingly, speaking in a rigid, mechanical voice, and earnestly calling out Naruto's name when attacking—wasn't that cute?
Kabuto didn't recognize Uchiha Sasuke. But since he'd stepped in his way, he'd treat him like a Konoha ninja. He adjusted his glasses and sneered. "I don't know who you are, but since you've delivered yourself to my doorstep, I'll just take care of you. Mechanical Naruto, move!"
Mechanical Naruto's optical sensors locked onto the target. It raised its hands, reached to the sides of its head, grabbed the two tufts of "hair" made of metal plates—and yanked them off.
Two blinding red lasers suddenly shot out from the hair root interface, forming two solid laser swords about one meter long in the air.
Mechanical Naruto wields two swords, and the scanning module on his head begins to collect full-body data from the enemy in front of him.
Then, the mechanical Naruto inserted the laser sword back in. With a "click," the two interfaces locked again, the laser went out, and the buzzing stopped abruptly.
It lowered its hands, making a gesture that indicated it had completely given up the attack.
"Huh? What are you doing?"
"Target-oriented special." The mechanical Naruto turned his head slightly, glanced back at Kabuto, and uttered a mechanical voice, word by word, devoid of any emotion.
"This target possesses a unique chakra mark, which has been identified by my core library. My underlying programs do not allow attack commands to be executed against such marked targets. Attack impossible. Command impossible to execute."
A special target? Kabuto did know about this. When the leader commissioned Orochimaru to design and create the mechanical Naruto and mechanical Sasuke, he did hardcode several "prohibited targets" at the core program level.
The list contained the chakra signature data of several Konoha ninjas, and the leader had ordered that the two machines must not be used to harm anyone on the list under any circumstances. However, Kabuto remembered every chakra signature on the list, and the woman's data was not among them.
"Did it malfunction? Oh well, the backup plan was prepared for this kind of situation anyway." Kabuto muttered to himself expressionlessly, then made a hand seal in front of his chest.
But as soon as he completed the hand seal, all the indicator lights on Mechanical Naruto went out instantly. Then, they were replaced by red. The mechanical eyes in their sockets emitted a blinding red light.
"Then let's start the planned operation ahead of schedule. Heh heh." A bellowing smile crept across his face. "The real show is just beginning."
Under Kabuto's direct control, the mechanical Naruto's body moved once more. It drew two laser swords again and charged straight towards Satsuki!
The next moment, without warning, black flames appeared out of thin air and climbed onto the mechanical Naruto's metal shell.
The flames spread rapidly, covering its entire right arm, half of its chest, and part of its back. The black flames burned silently, without any crackling or smoke.
"Black flames? Is it some kind of special fire-style ninjutsu?" Kabuto narrowed his eyes. "Although I don't know how you did it, it's a real shame. For Mechanical Naruto, fire-style attacks are no different from tickling. Its outer shell uses a resistant alloy personally formulated by Orochimaru-sama, which can withstand continuous high temperatures of over a thousand degrees. No matter what your flames are, they can't even burn a layer of paint—"
He stopped speaking midway through his sentence.
Because the mechanical Naruto stopped. Not because he was controlled by his own will, but because he stopped on his own. All fighting movements came to an abrupt halt at the same moment, the twin swords hung down, and the mechanical Naruto stood there motionless, as if something had blocked his command queue.
Then it slowly turned its head, its red mechanical eyes staring directly at Kabuto. This was the second time it had disobeyed Kabuto's orders.
"Hmm?" Dou's brow twitched. He hadn't even had time to react—
"Make your move," the black-haired woman said. "Just leave her breathing. Don't kill her."
Then, the mechanical Naruto suddenly unfolded its entire body structure. The metal armor on its chest sprang to the sides, the front panel on its abdomen folded down, and the armor on both sides of its shoulders flipped up, revealing the entire weapon system hidden inside all the armor layers.
Missiles, miniature cannons, and large-caliber gun barrels all launched and locked onto their targets. The dense array of launch ports simultaneously aimed at Kabuto Yakushi.
"……picture?"
"boom--!!!"
Missiles were fired in unison, and cannons roared in unison. All the firepower was poured onto Kabuto Yakushi in the same instant, and the flames of the explosion completely engulfed his figure.